This LJ is mostly friends only. Mostly. If you want me to add you, just leave a comment; if I know you or know people who know you, I'll probably add you back. If I don't know you and ask you who you are, just let me know. If you have negative opinions about Keanu Reeves, we might not get along too well, but I'm always up for a challenge!

NOTE: In light of LJ's recent changes, I'll likely be migrating over to DreamWidth at some point. As it is, I've stopped adding new people to my friends list, because the more people I have on there, the harder it will be to make the switch. I'm also trying to limit my online interaction. But feel free to friend me. :)

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two children's books whose titles continue to elude me:

1) a picture book about a girl in a big house. I think she was alone, or at least explored on her own, maybe to get away from others. I vaguely remember a brown-toned picture of her going through a trapdoor into an attic; perhaps there was a secret passage at some point. it was all very peaceful and yet mysterious and exciting. all I know is that I loved that book - I love the concept of discovering secrets in big houses - but IIRC it was a library book that my grandmother borrowed more than once. I remember reading it at her house while the grown-ups were finishing dinner. I can't remember the story, but the feeling of the book seeped into my subconscious and has influenced every single thing I've ever written about characters wandering around large houses, which seems to pop up a lot in my writing.

2) that blasted series about the kiwi, one of which had him meeting up with a pink car that cried tears and then wiped them off with its windshield wipers, and its doors opened and the kiwi went in and the doors closed and idk what happened but I think the kiwi got kiwinapped, but then it became friends with the car in the end or something and it was all ok. I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS TITLE FOR YEARS TO NO AVAIL. The books kind of creeped me out when I first read them, but they were such a formative part of my childhood literature. We actually owned the books and I read them a bunch of times even though the sentient car creeped me out, but maybe they were given away at some point because they are now nowhere to be found. again, huge influence on my writing.

I get this feeling that if I ever locate those books again, I'll uncover some great answers to life the universe and everything.
although I guess it's just as possible that finding them would ruin the magic, because children's books are never the same when you go back to them as an adult.

Replaying Portal 2. :D It's been a long time. About two years, I think.

Doing it on my own this time, without my brother giving unasked-for solutions or telling me to stop wasting time admiring the glorious sets. :|

It's been long enough that I don't remember how I solved various test chambers and have to work them out again, but I haven't had to resort to walkthroughs yet, either, which makes me proud of myself.

i'm feeling happy right now and am a bit wary that it probably won't last.

omg Rachel McAdams was Irene Adler in the US Sherlock movie and Regina George in Mean Girls?

I DID NOT NOTICE THIS. MY MIND IS BLOWN.

10,555 visits to WINM yesterday; that's about 10 times the normal.

THANK YOU, REDDIT. :D

*continues going through and answering various questions Keanu left unanswered*

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ouqge/keanu_reeves_ask_me_if_you_want_almost_anything/ccvuf1y?context=3

OMG OMG OMG OMG
OMG
OMG
OMG OMG OMG

*falls over*

omg omg omg

THIS WAS WORTH WAKING UP AT 3:45AM FOR

KEANU KNOWS I EXISTTTT

:D :D :D :D :D

his posting history is here

2013 will always be the year in which I notified ZQ and Keanu of my existence, and also got to see MJF irl. :')

yay Yuletide!
I never sign up because I'm terrible with commitment and obligation. I usually just go through the prompts+letters and write for whichever I want, then submit it under Treats, like this BTTF fic last year, which is one of my favourite things I've written. :D
'tis more fun that way. plus there are always lots of great stories to read, so I don't feel like I'm missing out on that side of it.

Also wow, NaNoWriMo is coming up soon.

Google Maps directions for Singapore locations aren't very efficient.
There are easier ways to get to places.
Why would I spend 15 minutes (IRL prob about half an hour) walking from next to an MRT station to another MRT station *one stop away* WHEN I COULD TAKE THE BLOODY MRT.
I don't even know what it thinks it's doing, other than saving me 10 cents*, which I suppose is nice of it, thank you, google maps.


*Singapore public transport fares are awesome. An MRT ride is usually 73 cents minimum, increasing with distance, but it's lower if you're transferring from a bus, which I would be. Total trip cost = 93 cents. I was horrified when I first went to the US and learnt that it cost about $4 to take the BART.

omg, WINM is now the first Google result for 'keanu reeves fansite' and 'keanu reeves fan site'. :'D